Upstream: Yes
Reason: Actually run tests
diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 349ff25..2be4ee7 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ install_data(
 
 desktop = app_id + '.desktop'
 
-custom_target('desktop-file',
+desktop_file = custom_target('desktop-file',
   input: desktop + '.in',
   output: desktop,
   install: true,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ install_data(
 
 appdata = app_id + '.appdata.xml'
 
-i18n.merge_file(
+appdata_file = i18n.merge_file(
 	appdata,
 	input: appdata + '.in',
 	output: appdata,
@@ -53,4 +53,28 @@ configure_file(
 	install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'dbus-1', 'services')
 )
 
-subdir('icons')
+desktop_file_validate = find_program('desktop-file-validate', required: false)
+if desktop_file_validate.found()
+	test(
+		'validate-desktop',
+		desktop_file_validate,
+		args: [
+			desktop_file.full_path()
+		]
+	)
+endif
+
+appstream_util = find_program('appstream-util', required: false)
+if appstream_util.found()
+	test(
+		'validate-appdata',
+		appstream_util,
+		args: [
+			'validate-relax',
+			'--nonet',
+			appdata_file.full_path()
+		]
+	)
+endif
+
+subdir('icons')
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